Bulk API Developer Guide

Introduction to Bulk API
Quick Start
Set Up a Salesforce Developer Edition Organization
Install cURL
Send HTTP Requests with cURL
Step 1: Log In Using the SOAP API
Step 2: Create a Job
Step 3: Add a Batch to the Job
Step 4: Close the Job
Step 5: Check Batch Status
Step 6: Retrieve Batch Results
Plan Bulk Data Loads
Prepare Data Files
Load Binary Attachments
Request Basics
Work with Jobs
Work with Batches
Bulk Query
Reference
Sample Client Application Using Java
Map Data Fields
Glossary
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Step 4: Close the Job

When you're finished submitting batches to Salesforce, close the job. This informs Salesforce that no more batches will be submitted for the job, which, in turn, allows the monitoring page in Salesforce to return more meaningful statistics on the progress of the job.
  1. Create a text file called close_job.txt containing the following text:
    1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<jobInfo xmlns="http://www.force.com/2009/06/asyncapi/dataload">
3  <state>Closed</state>
4</jobInfo>
  2. Using a command-line window, execute the following cURL command:

    curl https://instance.salesforce.com/services/async/43.0/job/jobId -H "X-SFDC-Session: sessionId" -H "Content-Type: application/xml; charset=UTF-8" -d @close_job.txt

    instance is the portion of the <serverUrl> element and sessionId is the <sessionId> element that you noted in the login response. jobId is the job ID that was returned when you created the job.

    This cURL command updates the job resource state from Open to Closed.